We Are Augustines on WFUV/WNYE “The Alternate Side” and NME Awards
We Are Augustines will be performing at one of the NME Awards Showshappening this year. Headlining will be AmApAc artist Cloud Control. The show comes a few weeks before WAA start their 2012 tour, which ends at Coachella in April. The band visited WFUV’s The Alternate Side for an acoustic session & interview, you can read and watch it here.
Cloud Control Reviews and NME Awards Show
As we mentioned above, Cloud Control will be visiting London to play a show as part of the 2012 NME Awards Shows. People are starting to notice their debut album stateside which has inspired more than a few glowing reviews. Tiny Mix Tapes said Bliss Release is “a complex mixture of mystery, wonder, darkness, and straight-up weirdness sometimes.” Check out the review […]
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John K. Samson Going For Adds – 1/16 & 1/17
Provincial, John K. Samson’s first solo release began with a simple idea: to explore four different roads in Manitoba, the Canadian province where Samsonlives. “They’re the places I kept going back to.” Samson talked to relatives, friends and strangers; he visited archives, a tuberculosis sanatorium-turned-RV park, a forgotten cemetery. For a video glimpse of Provincial’s prairie roadmap,click here. Brooklyn Vegan premiered the […]
Caveman Sign to Fat Possum!
Last week it was announced that Caveman would take their indie label, Magic Man!, and join forces with Fat Possum. The music video for their single “Easy Water” can be seen here. Their record, CoCo Beware, is with you right now, available for airplay. The record reached a new peak on the CMJ charts last week by breaking the top 30! We’re looking […]
Björk Brings Biophilia to New York
Björk is bringing her incredible Biophilia live show to New York in February. The performances will feature custom-made instruments, a 24-piece Icelandic female choir, and more. Two strings of dates are scheduled with the educational branch of the project being held in collaboration with the New York Hall of Science. The three-week-long Biophilia education series will feature interactive science and […]
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New Music From John K. Samson – Digital Servicing Only
“John Samson’s lyrics move me with their detail and empathy. He has an ability to explain feelings we’ve all had but couldn’t verbalize. His songs are beautiful, brutal, honest and comforting, all at the same time.”—Craig Finn, The Hold Steady Since 1997, John K. Samson has written four acclaimed albums with The Weakerthans. The band’s most recent studio […]
The Black Keys #1 at CMJ; Extend Tour!
Thanks to all the stations that supported The Black Keys in reclaiming the #1 spot on the CMJ Top 200! We know a lot of you are excited about the record and we hope your enthusiasm carries on into the year. We’ll have some exclusive giveaways coming soon for those stations that continue to report to CMJ […]
Yael Meyer in The Wall Street Journal; New Music Video
Yael Meyer continues doing well across the country with stations like KCWU, KSLU-2, Osprey, WAUG, WLFR, WXCU and more charting it this week. The Wall Street Journal recently grouped her with artists such as Zola Jesus, Feist, St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs and more in saying that they are all women who’ve had exceptional releases in the past year. To read the full […]
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The Black Keys – Going for #1
The Black Keys had a very busy December in 2011. After playing Saturday Night Live for the second time that year – they debuted on the CMJ charts at #7 with their new album El Camino. The album was heralded as a top album of 2011 by many sites and publications including Time Magazine, who called it “an 11-song exercise […]
The Jigsaw Seen Takes Us Into 2012
Now that 2012 is in full swing, it’s the perfect time to delve into the second half ofThe Jigsaw Seen‘s Winterland. The record offers the right sentiment for the winter blues such as the soulful-psychedelia of “Dreams of Spring” & The Zombies-esque ballad “First Day of The New Year.” Warm up with these tracks along with “Christmas […]
The Barr Brothers on Late Show with David Letterman & NPR’s World Cafe
The new band from Montreal that we introduced to you late last summer continues to grow and find new listeners into the new year. The Barr Brothershave been holding steady on the CMJ charts for 11 weeks now and touring relentlessly since the release of their self-titled debut album. Thanks to the support of college stations […]
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Going For Adds: The Black Keys – El Camino
This week is the last CMJ chart of 2011 and we have a big add for you with El Camino, the new album from The Black Keys. Danger Mouse and the band got together to produce an 11 song full length that packs a punch. Thanks to those of you that having been spinning “Lonely Boy”, making it the […]
Cloud Control Climbs Into The Top 40
Thanks to all of you that have been supporting Bliss Release, the debut album from Australian Indie outfit Cloud Control. We’re excited that the full length just climbed into the Top 40 this past week at CMJ. The album won this year’sAustralian Music Prize (the Australian equivalent to UK’s Mercury Prize). Go here to watch the video for their song “Death […]
The Barr Brothers “Dear Mrs. Claus”
Last week we digitally serviced you a new holiday track from The Barr Brothers. In between tours, they grabbed the harp, a couple of jingle bells, some holiday spirit and spent a day at their friend Patrick Watson‘s studio to record their first Christmas single, “Dear Mrs. Claus”. This song was born from thoughts of the […]
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New Music From The Barr Brothers “Dear Mrs. Claus”
In between tours, The Barr Brothers grabbed the harp, a couple of jingle bells, some holiday spirit and spent a day at their friend Patrick Watson‘s studio to record their first Christmas single, “Dear Mrs. Claus”. This song was born from thoughts of the band feeling that Mrs. Claus really needed a Christmas song dedicated to her. Hope […]
